[SEL] First solid-injection Diesel (U.S. and Europe)

[Paul Evans]

Listerdiesel wrote:
> It depends a lot on which country. I believe that Mirrlees Bickerton &
> Day made the first in the UK and 3rd in total,
>   
That was blast injection not solid.

Goldingham refers to a solid injection engine running in the UK in 1912 
but the earliest production engine I know of is the 1917 Vickers marine 
engine with common rail. We have hundreds of books from the period 
through to post-war but none of them agree on anything :-)

I believe the first full production solid injection in the US was the 
1919 Worthington two-cycle but am sure someone will know better!

Paul

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